Foreword by Lauren Winner Introduction: Notes from the Crossroads Part I: Asking Søren Kierkegaard: Take a Long Walk Augustine: Reconsider Sainthood Thérèse of Lisieux: Take the Little Way C. S. Lewis: Wake up to Joy Henri Nouwen: Be the Beloved Flannery O'Connor: Get Down Under Things Martin Luther: You Shall Not Die but Live! Amanda Berry Smith: Lean in, Lean On Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Live Unreservedly, Grounded in God Mother Teresa: Stay Faithful (Anyway) A. W. Tozer: Pursue True Blessedness Brother Lawrence: Practice the Presence Part II: Walking Thomas Merton: Be a Real Christian Benedict and Scholastica: Choose the Good Life John Wesley: Quit the Holy Club Francis and Clare of Assisi: WWJD? Dorothy Day: Make Some Trouble Howard Thurman: Make a Swinging Door Julian of Norwich: Rest in God?s Goodness Mary Paik Lee: Taste the Bittersweet Aelred of Rievaulx: Find Yourself a Soul Friend Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up, Sing Out! Ignatius of Loyola: Get Practical Juana Ines de la Cruz: Take Delight in God's Beauty--Within You Sophie Scholl: Knock a Chip out of the Wall Conclusion: Resting Acknowledgments In Their Own Words: Further Reading Conversation Starters Notes.
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